Another 4-star commit, Jalen Reece, PG out of Orlando. Ranked as high as 49th in the nation (rivals), and LSU now has the 9th ranked recruiting class in the country (on3).
yep, I did indeed go to the practice. I am also fairly pleased with the recruiting. today LSU claimed they are ranked 2 for the 2025 class. I don't see how that is possible. I guess its very early and the 5 stars have not announced yet. seems like you need some cam thomas or naz Reid type big timers, 5 stars to really stay in the top 10 classes. haven't got that yet but there are good rumors about a fella called chris cenac who is an elite 5 star big man with skills from new orleans. I went to practice but I had to leave early for personal business, so I missed the end of it, which may have been a pretty sweet scrimmage. here are some random notes. the big guy called Noah boyde who is 7 feet tall and from a juco and some island, virgin islands or Bahamas or St Lucia or something I cant remember, he looks like a normal athletic person. yunno how many 7 footers look like dudes who don't even like basketball or sports at all but they are 7 footers so they play because their family wants them to? well this guy actually looks like he can run and jump, and that's good news, even if it only means he can play defense. his best case is to be a dunker and rim runner like kavell bigby Williams, who was an integral part of an awesome SEC winning team. reed is in fact in magnificent shape. he looks like he would be the most dangerous TE in the NFL. very strong. lets hope he learned to move with the ball. I doubt it. coach says he can shoot. I will believe it when I see it. redshirt corey chest is a monster athlete. and a crazy effort player. cannot shoot from outside. I mean he is awful. in warmups he would slow down, concentrate, take a nice look at the rim, relax, release a shot and CLANK! bad misses. still can find place for a limited player like him in college. he looks like a rebounding monster. i mean he gets after it. gonna need that vs TAMU, the university of rebounding specialists. chest is a comparable player to emmit Williams ,who was a similarly incredible athlete who cant shoot. the two new guards thatI think will start, carter the shoting guard, and sears the PG, both look very comfortable handling the ball. the stats show that carter is a turnover machine, lets hope he fixed that. but he can score. he isnt necessarily a shooter though. sears, however, he is an excellent shooter. find that guy open for a catch and shoot 3, and he is gonna bury it. like i said before, he is great at most things, but very short. again, in college you can work with these guys with a flaw or deficiency. just do a few things well. and sears, he is the only player last year that: "only active Division I men’s basketball player to record at least 650 points, 140 rebounds, 140 assists, and 75 three-pointers" so he does a lot of things well. free throws included. a magnificent option to handle the ball in late game foul-taking situations. he will ice the game with a spectacular free throw %. the young guard/wing V Miller looks tall. he can shoot. I like him. he is of the master p no limit records Miller family. master p is a sneaky good hooper. the other young guard PG Curtis givens did not play. he was coming off a wisdom tooth pull. he seems very smart. I think McMahon is recruiting for smarts and court vision. the big freshman R Miller is very skilled. the word on him was that he was talented but lazy. i watched highlights and he did look a bit bored in high school. but now he looks pretty fired up. he can shoot. lets hope he is a naz reid type guy who dunks harder than fuck but also buries triples with ease. Tyrell ward I am concerned is only a shooter. a very good one, but still fairly limited in ability to create shots and move with the ball. dji bailey the transfer from richmond, he is exact opposite of ward. all he does is create and move with the ball, but he only shoots layups, very very efficiently. i think he is smart like mwani wilkinson who absolutely refused to take a shot he woudlnt make. bailey drives and makes layups. thats all he does. thats a pretty good skill. very efficient. so they have some puzzle pieces. shooters who cant drive, drivers who cant shoot, but they can work together and complement each other. I think many of these young players are better than guys I think will be returning starters based on seniority. we shall see if, for example vyctorious Miller can pass ward in the depth chart (ward has very poor defensive metrics). I think we will see Robert Miller pass all around ok player Derek fountain and start by midseason. i dont think givens can possibly take the starter role PG from sears, but i think he will be a very good backup and the role is all his next year. he played on the same HS team as duke freshman Cooper flagg, maybe the best HS player since lebron. SEC journalists project LSU to be 3rd from last in the SEC, with only OK and vandy trailing. they are way way better than that. but the SEC is crazy they have like a billion squads in the preseason top 25. bama and auburn are final four elite level teams. it will take a minute to get used to the new schedule format with the new SEC.I think they play every team once, and just a handful of teams twice or something. the league is massive now!
in case you didn't believe me about the SEC, here are the SEC teams in the preseason top 25 2 bama 11 auburn 12 tenn 13 A&M 16 Ark 19 texas 21 florida 23 kentucky 24 ole miss that's a lot of ranked squads
